Horseshoe.



'PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906.

A. ANDERSON HORSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED 00'I.1B, 1905.

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, P 1 UNITED srATEs PAT NT OFF-Ion." if AUGUST ANDERSON, OF'BIRMI GHAM,ALAB MA.

' oRsEsHoE. 3 l A Specification of Letters Patent, Application A1511October-13,1905. Serial No. 283.290.;

Patented March 2o, 1906.

TOIO/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,*AUeUsTANDERsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and tate" of Alabama,have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which thefollowing'is a specification.

My invention pertains to hor'seshoes; and

it consists in the peculiar and advantageoussoft-tread horseshoehereinafter described, and particularly pended.

-Inthe accompanying drawings, forming pointed out in the claim appart ofthis specification, Figure 1 is an inv vention.

verted plan view of the shoe constituting the present and preferredembodiment of my in- Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical sectionillustrating the shoe as properly applied to a horse s hoof. Fig. 3 is across-section of the same, and Fig. 4' is a perspective view of the padof the shoe removed.

7 Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views ofthe drawings, referring to which j A is the body of the horseshoeconstituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention. Thesaid body is shaped to fit a hoof and is of channel form 1n crosssectioni. 6., comprises a top wall a, side flanges I), depending from said topwall, and end flanges or walls '0, also depending from the top wall.

In its top Wall a the body A is provided with holes d for the passage ofnails B, hereinafter referred to.

lar in shape to the body A and is of a size tov snugly occupy thechannel of said body.

D is a wear-plate of the same shape in outline as the body A and the padC; The said plate fits between the 'side'flanges b of the body andagainst the under side of the pad and extends below the lower edges ofthe said side flanges b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The forward portionof the'plate is provided with holes 6 at intervals for the passage ofthe nails B, through the medium of which the wear-plate, the pad, andthe body are conneoted together and .to the hoof. The rear portionsof'said plate may be left free, as

shown, or may be provided with holes e and connected with the hoof bynails B in the same manner as the forward portion, as desired. At itsforemost point the wear-plate hassimilar calks F.

In the practical use of my novel shoe the body A, pad C, and wear-plateD are assembled and arranged on a horses hoof in the manner shown inFigs. 2 and 3, after which the nails'B': are driven through the forwardportions of the wear-plate, the cushion, and

readily apparent, the shoe as a whole will be apparent that while thenails. strongly connect the Wear-plate D, the pad C, and the bodyAtogether and to the hoof the body holds the wear-plate and the padagainst lateral movement and in that way avoids the imposition oflateral strain on the nails, with the result that the shoe as a whole isstrong and durable. g

By virtue, of the interposition of the pad 0 between the wear-plate andthe body observed that the shoe is provided with a soft tread throughoutits length, and yet the wear-plate D, dlsposed below the pad, preventsuick Wear of the latter. Y 1

It W'lll be readily gathered fromthe foregoicpg that my novel-shoe takesup the shock an ment and efiectually prevents the same from injuring thehoof. 1

a body of channel form in cross-section, hav 'ing nail-holes in its topwall, a pad arranged in and extending throughout the length of thechannel of said body, and held against lateral movement by the body, awear-plate resting in the channel of the body, below the movement, anddepending fromthe body and having a horses hoof in such manner as topermit of movement of the wear-plate with respect to the body.

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securely attached to the hoof. It will also be 'pad, whereby it is alsoheld against lateral D is provided with a calk E, and at its ends it thebody and into the hoof, when, as will be A throughout the length of theshoe it will be jar lncident to travel over a hard pave- Theherein-described horseshoe comprising calks, and nails extending throughand connecting the wear-plate, pad and body and arranged to attach thehorseshoe as awhole to In testimony whereof Ih ave hereunto set w myhand in presence of two subscribing wit-

